All language subtitles for Falcon Crest s05e13 Fair Game

So you're pretty sure I'm going to go
through with this senseless proposal,

I want you for a husband. No woman in
her right mind wants me for a husband. I

do. The record company is sending me on
a worldwide tour.

And why aren't you coming with me?
Perhaps you and Apollonia would like to

extend your trip.

Indefinitely. What is so terribly wrong
with your father?

There are some secrets that are just
better left in the family.

Father Chris, please come in. Hello,
Charlie. Is my grandmother here?

Yes. Well, Chris.

Hello, Grandma.

Nice to see you.

Would you like some tea? No, thanks.
Thanks, Charlie.

Well, come on in.

Grandmother, we have to talk.

Oh, you make this sound very serious.

I need a place to stay.

Father Bob suggested that I talk to you.

Well, I don't understand.

Grandmother, I'm not sure the priesthood
is the right place for me anymore. I've

decided to take a leave of absence.

If it's all right with you, I'd like to
stay here until I can sort things out.

I know this comes as a shock.

But Christopher, what about your vows?

What about your solemn oath?

When I made them, I had no idea who I
was or what I wanted. I thought I was an

orphan. Now, don't try to put the blame
on me, because if you decide to leave

the priesthood, it's on your head, not
mine.

Fine. I'll find someplace else to live.

I can't understand how Father Bob could
go along with this insanity.

The leave of absence was Father Bob's
idea. I wanted to abandon the priesthood

altogether.

I was hoping I'd get a little more
understanding from my own family. Excuse

Wait just a minute.

I'll have Charlie make up the guest
room.

I'll expect to earn my keep.

I don't want to be asked a lot of
questions or given a lot of advice.

This is going to be my decision without
pressure from you or anybody else.

Sounds interesting. But asking
grandmother to keep the pressure off is

asking Santa Claus to stay away from the
chimney.

This is a private conversation, Lance.

No, it's not.

I'm moving in here.

I've taken a leap from the priesthood.

No.

The vows of poverty finally got to you,
huh?

What took you so long?

Now, look, this is no time to joke.

I'll get my things out of the car.

And don't you look so smug.

If he decides to leave the priesthood,
Falconcrest has a new heir.

Wow, well, well.

Well, that's pretty much what I expected
to see here.

I wanted to find out how my
granddaughter was doing.

The doctor says that she's getting
stronger every hour.

She might even be able to come home in a
couple days.

And what then?

Then, uh, life gets back to normal.

Normal?

Who's going to keep the baby?

We are.

Robin made an agreement with us.

She's not interested in raising a child.

Oh, really?

We'll see about that. For the time
being, let's just be grateful that hope

getting better, all right?

Fasten your seatbelt.

This is a radio station, not a movie
studio. What is all this stuff, Lance?

is photography equipment. $30 ,000 worth
of it.

I figure we can start right here.

What? I don't get it.

By the window.

Get some nice backlighting, do a couple
of silhouettes first, then head down to

the control room.

Apolloni, this is Paul.

Hi. Hi, Paul.

Lance, I'd like to know what you're up
to.

Publicity stills. You can't go on tour
without them.

Yeah, but I thought you told me you
didn't want me to go on tour.

Well, you're going to go anyway, aren't
you? And as long as you're going to go,

I want things done right, and I want to
be there.

What about KBR Art? You said you wanted
to stay here and run the station.

I'll let the station manager run things
for a while. He'll be fine. Besides,

you're the only reason why I'm doing
this all in the first place.

You know?

Lance.

I love you.

What made you change your mind?

Well, I don't want you traipsing around
the world all alone and unattached.

You mean you don't trust me?

Uh, no, not in a million years.

Uh, this is real sweet, guys, but, uh,
can we get started?

I think the man wants to take some
photographs.

Okay, we'll get to work.

Tell me about your... Look alive, look
alive.

The flag is up.

And they're off.

Handicapping the horses?

No, I'm just reviewing the latest
Supreme Court decision.

You ought to try it sometime. Never
hurts to stay on top of the law.

Oh, yeah.

Fremont versus Kansas.

Curious ruling on search and seizure.

You know, that is going to give law
enforcement officers a surprising amount

leeway.

What are you doing here, Craig?

Mrs. Channing is not going to be
pursuing her legal action against the

and the serialization of Maggie
Giaberti's novel. Instead, we've decided

focus our legal energies on Maggie
herself.

Well, the only reason you're dropping
the case against us is because you know

has absolutely no merit anyway.

So what are you going to try to do,
bluff Maggie into withdrawing

I never discuss an active case.

Ah.

How long are you going to keep doing
Angela's legal chores for her? I thought

you and my father had a campaign to run.

Yes, but it's barely underway.

I'll give it my full attention soon
enough.

If you're smart, you'll get out while
the getting is still good.

Jordan.

What is so terribly wrong with your
father?

I just don't happen to think he would
make a terrific governor.

Oh, come off it.

I am sick to death with your hard
truths.

You turned your back on me the moment
that I decided to run for this office

you continue to refuse to tell me why.

I hope to hell you're not keeping me in
the dark about something I deserve to

know.

There are some secrets that are just
better left in the family.

about you a great deal.

You ever have any flashes of memory of
that period after the explosion?

Yeah, sure.

Flashes, but that's about all they are.

They're like a nurse's face or coal
coming to visit.

So frustrating.

Three months of your life you'll never
have back again.

It was worth when those three months
were all you could remember.

Yeah.

Why, I must have started writing as soon
as I got out of the hospital. I mean,

to have written a whole novel.

Yeah, I guess.

Anything's possible. We were apart for
weeks.

Yeah, must have been a lousy time for
you.

Well, anyway, the story has a happy
ending.

Except for that mysterious stranger in
the book.

Oh, come on, Chase.

Look, the book is half fact, half
fiction. Can't you just forget about it?

How can I do that?

I know

that,

but we've got to find her.

You're the best.

Sit down, Terry.

Don't be so icy, Richard.

Is that any way to treat your wife -to
-be?

Excuse us.

So you're pretty sure I'm going to go
through with this senseless proposal,

I'm absolutely positive.

I don't think he'd want me to report you
for skimming the racetrack receipts.

Terry, maybe we can work out some other
kind of settlement.

I've got a condominium project in Maui.
I need a partner.

No dice.

Your money's not going to buy you out of
this one.

I want you for a husband. No woman in
her right mind wants me for a husband.

I do.

You keep telling me that, and I keep
waiting for the punchline. No, Jeff

Richard, I'm dead serious. I want your
name. I want your connections.

Look at it on the bright side.

Between my holdings and yours, we'll
make one hell of a team.

Is that the only reason you want to
marry me?

You're the publisher of the New Globe.

That's the kind of power and
respectability I've always wanted.

Power I don't share and respectability
you can forget about in this valley.

Don't underestimate me.

I have $40 million worth of vineyards. I
have a winery. And I know how badly you

want to get back into the business. Not
this badly, believe me.

I've made my decision. You have 48 hours
to make yours.

The answer had better be yes.

Morning, Angela. Good morning, Father.

Charlie, would you close the doors,
please?

Sit down, won't you?

You must be getting close to harvest. I
notice there's a lot of activity in your

fields. Father Bob, I didn't ask you
over here to talk about my harvest.

Christopher stayed here last night, and
he seems to have decided to leave the

priesthood.

He's taken a leave of absence. There's a
big difference.

He said it was your suggestion.

Under the circumstances, I felt it was
for the best.

What circumstances are we talking about?
That's privileged information, Angela,

and you know it.

But I should have been consulted.

This doesn't concern you.

This is between Chris and his God and
his church.

Believe me, Chris's welfare is my top
priority right now. I'm going to be

him every day of the week.

I knew it.

I knew this would happen the moment I
told him the truth about his birth.

You did the right thing.

But how am I going to bear it if he
decides to turn his back on his life's

Could you bear it any easier if Chris
spent the rest of his life doing

he wasn't suited for?

Well, how am I going to handle this if
he decides to resign?

That'll be up to you.

But remember, Angela, whatever
Christopher does...

He's still your grandson.

Good day, Andrew.

I don't want you to file legal documents
until I've had the chance to look at

them. It was a simple agreement to
negotiate news. I don't care. I mean, I

better deal than the one you got. I want
to know. You got to check with me

before you make a move on anything. Is
that clear?

Oh, very.

Good. I don't know what's the matter
with you, but the last two days you have

been absolutely intolerable. You know,
the way this game works is I sign the

paychecks, including yours.

Don't push your luck.

Richard, you can get any lackey to run
your errands for you. You obviously

need me, and I certainly don't need you.

All right, now, hold on, hold on.

Sit down.

Please.

You're in trouble, aren't you?

Terry Ranson found out about a skimming
operation at the track, an operation I

initiated. Do you have any idea what
you're telling me?

I'm afraid I do.

I told that Al to stop when Terry bought
in. Obviously, he didn't do it. I

should have known he wouldn't do it.
Anyway, Terry found out about it. Don't

me how she found out, but she did. She
cornered Al, put the fear of God into

him, and he spilled his heart out to
her.

If Terry goes to the authorities with
this, you are not only going to lose

racing license, you are going to be put
in prison for a very long time.

I was desperate, Jordan.

I had to take money out of the track to
keep from losing everything else.

All right, where is Al now?

I don't know. He's gone. He's not
stupid.

And Miss Ransom has given me an
ultimatum.

She has promised me she will not go to
the authorities.

If I agree to marry her.

That certainly is a slightly bizarre
ultimatum. What does Esther ask for

don't know. Maybe she wants to play ball
in the big leagues now. I've got a team

of investigators out there trying to
find something I can use against her.

you tried reasoning?

I've tried everything with her,
including bribery. She won't budge.

Any recommendations, Counselor?

Richard, how much...

Hard evidence does Terry have against
you?

Probably enough to convict me.

Her CPA and her attorney have been very
busy lately.

Well, then my advice to you is either
set a wedding date or prepare to get out

of the country while the getting is
still good.

The libel's awful hard to prove, but
Mrs. Channing seems determined to try.

She's bound she's going to make life
just as miserable for you as she can.

old habits die hard.

In her case, it must be pathological.

This is a novel, you know, fiction.

Has she been libeled in the book?

Well, let's just say the truth hurts.

But I've got to get to the winery.

I'll leave you two to plot the defense.

Thanks a lot.

See you later. Bye -bye.

Where are those, Maggie? You wrote a
dandy book.

Just one question.

Oh, where's this mysterious stranger I
kept reading about? Not you, too.

Chase has been asking me the same
question, and I wish I had an answer for

I thought it was me.

Okay, how would I go about figuring out
who the mysterious stranger is?

Start with the source.

Take a hard look at that book of yours.

I think you'll find more clues in it
than you can shake a stick at.

Where's Chris?

I don't know.

But he will soon learn that we have
dinner promptly at 8 .30.

Or not at all.

Some of us wish that dinner was served a
little earlier, especially those of us

with hot dates.

If you insist upon seeing that Dwayne
Cooley person, please don't boast about

it. Mother, it was your choice to ban
him from Falcon Crest.

I don't know, babe. Six months away from
all this family fun, you think you can

stand it?

What are you talking about?

The record company is sending me on a
worldwide tour.

And Lance is coming with me.

How romantic.

It'll be like a great big honeymoon.

Lance, you have a responsibility here.

I know, to the radio station, but it's
covered.

No, I'm talking about Falcon Crest.

Now, whether you like it or not, this is
a family operation.

He has responsibilities to me, too.

He's managing my career.

That's right.

And where my number one client is
concerned, I always like to stay on top

things. It's almost harvest time, and I
was going to put you in charge of Crush.

Now, you can't go traipsing around the
world.

Oh, Mother, you've got lots of help. I
mean, especially with Christopher here,

you could give Lance a break.

Well, maybe Christopher's appearance is
a blessing in disguise.

Oh, come on, Grandmother.

With all the help you've got, Chris and
Tarly are going to make a difference one

way or the other.

I'm talking about his executive ability,
which he has.

Perhaps you and Apollonia would like to
extend your thrift.

Indefinitely.

Melissa? Father Chris.

Hi. Hi.

Look, I understand the baby's doing much
better.

Yeah. Yeah.

Oh, listen, come on. I'll walk you out.

Hey,

you don't have to call me Father Chris
anymore, at least not for now.

You left the priesthood?

Oh, not exactly.

I've taken leave of absence.

At least until I can figure out what I
want to do next.

And I'm just not sure the priesthood's
the right place for me anymore.

You don't know how long I've waited to
hear you say this.

Melissa, we shared a lot of things.

And I really, I really enjoyed getting
to know you.

But you're married.

And whether I'm a priest or not, it's
wrong for us to go on seeing each other.

You love me.

I have a lot of very strong feelings for
you.

But right now I have to sit back and
take stock of my life.

Away from you.

Is that why you came all the way down
here? Just to tell me that you can't see

me anymore?

No, but I want you to understand what
I'm going through. Oh, I understand, all

right.

I understand that I've been a fool.

I was ready to leave my husband for you.

Oh, I'm glad you didn't.

Not half as glad as I am.

Hello, Lance.

Hey, Chris. How you doing, man?

You missed dinner.

Yeah, I got tied up.

Oh, boy, it's strange not going back to
the rectory to sleep.

Ah, Falcon Crest is a nicer place to
live, anyway.

As far as the creature comforts are
concerned, sure.

But the priesthood has its advantages.

How long do you figure you'll stick it
out here?

If I decide not to go back to the
priesthood, I'll be here indefinitely.

Doesn't bother you, does it?

Me?

No. Doesn't bother me. I mean, we're
brothers, right?

That's just the point.

See, sometimes brothers are asked to
share things that an only child can keep

all for himself.

You mean like land and wineries and all
that sort of thing?

Well, I ain't sharing yet.

Good night, Lance.

Good night, Chris.

Come on in.

Hi, anybody home?

Emma, hi.

There's fresh coffee. Help yourself.

Oh, great.

I'm rereading Sudden Franchise.

Oh, it's wonderful, isn't it? So
romantic.

You read it?

Oh, Mother somehow got an advanced copy.
I especially like that part about the

mysterious stranger.

That makes one of you.

You know, before I met Duane, I used to
dream about a mysterious stranger coming

into my life.

Someone who would satisfy every one of
my expectations, every one of my needs,

even those needs that I didn't even know
I needed.

Someone who...

would hold me when I was scared and yet
was confident enough to let me be my own

person.

But, you know, after I met Dwayne, I
realized that he really was all those

things. And you've always had Chase, and
he's really all those things to you. So

neither one of us really needs a
mysterious stranger, do we?

No!

No! Thank you.

Thank you. Um...

I'll just, I'll be right, I'll be right,
I'll be right with you.

We can toss you a little fundraiser
right here at Falcon Crest.

Something small and intimate.

And very exclusive.

How does $5 ,000 a plate sound?

Not as exclusive as $10 ,000 a plate.

Don't you feel that's a little...

Steep as early in the campaign.

How will you be able to fill your guest
list at that price?

No problem.

Please accept my thanks in advance.

If Greg and I expect to change our
mailing address to Sacramento, this is

exactly the type of support we need.

In lieu of family support.

Your point, Greg.

Jordan, I mean, don't you think that
you're...

daughter's presence in this campaign has
been conspicuously absent.

Whatever acrimony you detect between
Jordan and me is none of your business.

But we all know that public figures are
hardly entitled to a private life.

I mean, how are you going to answer the
press when they ask you the same

questions?

He's making a valid point.

Okay, Greg, have it your way.

When Jordan finished law school, she
wanted desperately to join my firm.

I refused.

She never forgave me.

Is that all?

The long and short of it.

Jordan wanted to be coddled.

I thought at best she faced the big bad
world on her own.

Jordan has never struck me as the
coddled type.

Exactly, Greg.

undoubtedly due, I might add, with no
false modesty, to her having a strong

father.

Satisfied?

Good.

Then let that be the end of this.

Do we understand each other, Greg?

Yes.

Perfectly.

My dear, I hate the idea of Angela's
lackey, Mr. Reardon, being anywhere near

the governor's mansion.

Angela's dangerous enough as it is
without adding the state government to

arsenal. Greg and my father are not high
enough in the polls to panic about.

Yes, and Dewey thought he was elected
over Truman, no?

The time has come for me to jump into
the fray and try to influence the

of this election.

Oh, I think that's just wonderful,
Richard.

Your politics are all your own, though.
Why are you bothering to tell me this?

Common courtesy.

I think you have every right to know
that the New Globe will be supporting a

candidate other than your father.

Fine, now I know.

You don't have any problem with that,
huh?

No family loyalties. You're not going to
try and talk me out of it? No, no, no.

No to all the above.

There's a mystery behind that sarcasm of
yours.

It won't stay hidden forever, you know.

Why bother, Richard? You know, most
mysteries are greatly overrated.

Jordan!

Franny, calm down.

I'm sorry. She just ran right by me.

Come on, come on. What happened? Just
tell me what happened. I did like you

said, and he beat me.

I don't know what to do. I can't go back
or he's going to do it again.

What's going on here?

Should I call the police?

No!

Jesus, Jordan. Richard, I'm taking an
early lunch. Come on, Granny. We're

to find a nice, quiet place to talk.

Do you know what's going on?

No, and that bothers me.

What bothers me most is it's happened
once, it can happen again.

I've done everything I can, Chase.

The Divermore Labs in San Jose had a
break -in about the time your vineyards

were infested.

Laboratory animals were let out of
cages, files scattered.

The only thing's missing were three
cases of feral mealy moths bred for

research. And that's it? Just a dead
end?

The local police are blaming it on an
animal rights group. It's not one of

priority cases.

Great. Score another one for Angela.

I'm gonna have to start dealing with
that woman on her own level.

I like you, Chase.

But if you're saying what I think you're
saying, expect me to be watching you

just as closely as I watch Angela.

Don't worry about me, Floyd.

Well, you haven't exactly done anything
illegal, but rummaging through Peter

Starris' briefcase isn't terribly moral,
either.

I'll save the sermon.

Did you know that he's added me, my
name, to the list of his beneficiaries?

And his daughter, Sophia, has been
eliminated altogether.

There's nothing exactly unusual about
that.

I seem to recall that Lance has been
added and deleted from your will just a

times.

Well, what about this?

It's a shipping agreement.

For a considerable amount of money.

And did you notice that it should have
been filed three weeks ago?

Angela, where is all this evidence
leading us?

Well, Peter Stavros might be the type to
leave me standing at the altar.

But when it comes to business, never,
never negligent.

Well, have you considered that perhaps
he was just too embarrassed to drop by

and pick up his belongings?

After all, he could easily have drawn up
another shipping agreement or even

another will.

Greg, there were other papers, personal
and business.

I'm not suggesting that something dark
and nefarious has happened to Peter

Stavros, one of the richest men in the
world, with nary a word to the press.

I find that a little outrageous.

Excuse me, Miss Channing. Terry Ransom
is here to see you.

Hello, all.

For someone unannounced, you could learn
better timing.

I really wanted to thank you for your
terrific advice.

What advice?

That I take Richard up on his offer to
become a partner in Tuscany Downs. You

have no idea the opportunity it's opened
up for me.

Rod, you expect us to pry them out of
you?

You can be such a bore sometimes.

It's not official yet, but I wanted you
to be the very first to know that in a

very short time I'll be changing my
name.

You're going to Hollywood and try your
luck in acting.

Now, Angela, I'm planning on becoming
the next Mrs.

Richard Channing.

Don't bother congratulating me. I know
how busy you are.

Such how?

Terry and Richard?

That's impossible.

Do you know what that means?

It's not a marriage, it's a coalition.

And too much money under one roof.

Well, don't overreact, Angela.

After all, she did say that it was
unofficial.

Then we're going to keep it unofficial.

The first thing tomorrow morning, we're
going to pay a little visit to Richard

Channing.

What do I think?

I think if you wear that to dinner
tonight, you're going to give my

a heart attack.

It's not for lounging around the house,
silly.

It's for the tour.

Listen, uh, about the tour, baby.

I know how much it means to you, but I
think we've got to hold off.

Hold off?

Yeah. What are you talking about, hold
off?

We're supposed to leave tomorrow.

We have warm updates in L .A. next week.
I know.

We have a contract.

I know. We have to break the contract. I
mean, it happens all the time. Oh, no,

it doesn't. Not to me.

What's going on, man?

Well, this guy Chris just happened to
move in here.

Lock, stock, and Bible.

And if I split right now, Grandma's
probably going to make him her heir.

Since when do you care about Falcon
Crest?

You're the one that's always telling me
that you don't give a damn about this

place.

Look, Apples, he's a threat to me here.
Do you understand what I'm saying?

You don't want it when it's yours. You
want it when someone's trying to take it

away from you.

You know you're right.

You've got a problem.

I don't think you know what you want in
life.

I know what I don't want. What I don't
want is going on tour for six months

that Grant Weiler or Tyler or whatever
his name is. So that's it, isn't it? You

can't run the show, so you don't want to
come along at all.

Apples, the radio station is working.

It's growing.

I can't leave it now.

You can't leave Falcon Crest. You can't
leave the radio station. All I get is

nothing but a bunch of you, you, and
you.

And nothing about me.

Stick with me on this one.

Okay?

There'll be other tours.

I want this tour, Lance.

You know, I'd like for you to come with
me.

Good choice.

Apple, can we talk about this a little
more? Come on.

Apple.

Everything all right?

Angela.

Well, I think you're a little early for
the first race.

Well, just consider this a social visit,
Richard.

Oh, how nice.

I understand you and Terry are engaged.

I believe any rumors of my impending
marriage have been greatly exaggerated.

Somehow we suspected that.

Still carrying a torch for her,
Counselor?

Hardly.

Why this sudden fascination with Mr.
Channing's marital status?

Oh, I'm just concerned that he might
have bought into something before he

all the facts.

Such as Terry's tarnished background.

Everybody makes mistakes.

Oh, of course everybody makes mistakes.

But does that include working as a high
-priced call girl?

I suppose we've all been accused of one
form of prostitution or another.

Some of us are just a little more
literal than others.

Yes, well, we didn't exactly come here
to talk about... No, we came to talk

about Terry's fantasies.

Sorry, Richard, to have bothered you.

No bother at all.

Craig?

Well,

Terry's proposal of marriage is
beginning to sound pretty good.

Will you mind telling me why you just
said that?

So, Angela, the prospect of me and Terry
marrying scares her to death.

For some strange reason, I always had
the impression that you held marriage

family in higher regard.

I do, believe me.

Look what's happened to me.

Now, I think the time has come for me to
treat marriage like the way all those

kings and emperors did, just a way to
gain power.

Are you really that bitter?

Not bitter.

Wiser.

Besides, my marriage to Terry will be
painlessly brief. I'll see to that.

Yeah, yeah, yeah.

Oh, God.

I think we bought out the whole store.

Yeah. It's overdone.

It's not overdone.

I hate it.

Well, we love it.

Nothing is too much for our baby, Rob.

Come on. Come on, sweetie.

Time for your nap.

As long as she's here, that child isn't
ours.

Let me clarify our position.

Mrs. Channing is perfectly prepared to
drop the libel suit in exchange for you

withdrawing the publication of your
novel.

I have a contract.

That book is going to be published next
month, whether Angela likes it or not.

Well, I'm very disappointed because I
think your book is libelous.

Suing Maggie for libel over the
publication of Sudden Friendship is a

like shooting yourself in the foot.

We intend to fight this case on two
fronts.

In the courtroom and in the newspapers.

You know, if you think about it, Angela,
if people think you're afraid of this

book, they're simply going to read more
into it than is really there.

The fictional character of Andrea
Chandler will be identified by your own

admission.

With real Angela Channing.

Your little exercise in fiction is not
frightening, Maggie.

Disappointing, yes, but not frightening.

Maggie, Angela would like you to
seriously consider the welfare of the

community. Now, the wine business, being
what it is today, can really hardly

afford another scandal.

When the royalties start pouring in,
Maggie will be able to afford any

you can throw at her, including a
lawsuit.

then I think my client is still prepared
to go the distance.

In that case, as they say around here,
we'll see you in court.

You've been talking to Chase too much.
You're beginning to sound like him.

I'm proud of you, Maggie.

You handled yourself real well.

Now, thanks.

Let's just hope I can handle Chase as
well.

If there's anybody who can do that,
you're her.

Oh, nice try, Angela.

But I'm afraid Maggie's probably called
our bluff.

Well, let her sit on it for a while.

Then you can stop the suit.

I doubt anyone in their right mind would
read the book anyway.

We'll see.

You realize that probably six million
people have made love on this very bed.

Emma, the vibes in this place sure
aren't the greatest, I'll tell you that.

Oh, Duane, when I'm with you, I want to
be someplace nice, like

in the grasses and on the mountaintops
and the rivers.

Oh, Emma, we could try all those places,
I guess.

But you know where I'd like to be right
now?

I'd like to be where we made love for
the very first time.

In the back of your truck.

Come on, let's get out of here.

Oh, Dwayne.

Maybe we could get a refund on the room
if we told them that we didn't use it.

I love a practical woman.

couple of aspirin and a lobotomy
wouldn't cure.

I have a better remedy.

Read this. What is it?

It's a copy of my new ending to Sudden
Friendship. The original is on its way

the publisher in New York. No, thanks.
That's not what I need to top off this

day. Oh, okay.

However,

I must tell you that the new ending does
reveal the identity of the mysterious

stranger.

All the more reason not to read it.

Probably right.

You know, it's funny. It's funny because
all the clues to who the guy was were

right there in the book all the time.
You know, his little speech patterns,

attitudes, sense of humor.

I must have missed all that, especially
the humor.

Only thing missing from this guy was the
beard.

Hey, it was you.

Ron, you're calling the...

Mysterious stranger, Chad?

Well, you know, a little poetic license.

That's what they say. A husband by any
other name is... Makes bad poetry.

Fuck you.

I always have.

You play your cards right, I always
will.

That is what I hope will be the prelude
to a long evening of reconciliation.

Night?

I'll get that. Go away. Don't you go
anywhere.

Hi. Oh, hi.

We're so glad you're home.

I better get out a bottle of your best
bubbly, Chase.

Now what are we celebrating?

Quiet.

Richard and I are planning to get
married next week.

Next on Falcon Thread. He's going to
perform the ceremony.

Terry, this is not a good time.

I must say, I don't detect much
enthusiasm for this wedding.

It's your money, Robin.

That's the arrangement we made. I don't
want to sell my baby. Melissa and I can

give her a safe and comfortable home.
Well, I can give her love.

I know you think I'm the keys to the
gates of heaven for you, Grandmother.

you're wrong.

About that, about the way you do
business, and especially about the way

treat your family.